***Week 14 GameDay Thread - Bengals @ Chargers***

[jfkbengals]

(12-09-2018, 07:11 PM)Millhouse Wrote: The rule was so quietly changed that no one knew about it other than the refs?

What a stupid arse rule change...

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The NFL's new rule that a head-first dive is the same as a feet-first slide just cost Bengals QB Jeff Driskel a touchdown. For those who aren't aware, that rule was quietly changed this offseason: <a href="https://t.co/9PBUtZUb4H">https://t.co/9PBUtZUb4H</a></p>&mdash; Michael David Smith (@MichaelDavSmith) <a href="https://twitter.com/MichaelDavSmith/status/1071889006726733824?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 9, 2018</a></blockquote>

I knew about it.  The point of it was to prevent a player from diving without being touched, then having guys dive on top of him as he starts to get back up.

The problem is it has NEVER been attempted to be called until now, when that play has happened hundreds of times this year.